Tony Time: 2014 Tony Award Nominations Announced

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The 2014 Tony Awards season officially kicked off this morning! Following a week of nominations from Outer Critics, the Drama League and Drama Desk, the highly anticipated Tony Award nominations were announced this morning! Jonathan Groff and Liu announced the nominations LIVE from the Paramount Hotel in Times Square! Now the countdown to Broadway’s biggest and most celebrated night in theatre is on! But first, who was nominated this year?! Today, Luner on Theatre brings you the full list of the 2014 Tony Award Nominations!

This morning, Luner on Theatre attended the 2014 Tony Award nominations LIVE at the Paramount Hotel in Times Square! We sat second row to watch Jonathan Groff and Lucy Liu read the list of nominations for the 2013-2014 Broadway season! As if the anticipation wasn’t enough, Hugh Jackman, who is set to host the 2014 Tony Awards, made a surprise appearance bursting on stage leaving the audience overjoyed to see him back on board for Broadway’s biggest night.

Here is the list of the 2014 Tony Award nominations:

Best Play

Act One Author: James Lapine

All The Way Author: Robert Schenkkan

Casa Valentina Author: Harvey Fierstein

Mothers and SonsAuthor: Terrence McNally

Outside MullingarAuthor: John Patrick Shanley

Best Musical

After Midnight

Aladdin

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Best Revival of a Play

The Cripple of Inishmaan

The Glass Menagerie

A Raisin in the Sun

Twelfth Night

Best Revival of a Musical

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Les Misérables

Violet

Best Book of a MusicalAladdinChad BeguelinBeautiful: The Carole King MusicalDouglas McGrathBullets Over BroadwayWoody AllenA Gentleman’s Guide to Love and MurderRobert L. Freedman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlaySamuel Barnett, Twelfth NightBryan Cranston, All The WayChris O’Dowd, Of Mice and MenMark Rylance, Richard IIITony Shalhoub, Act One

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayTyne Daly, Mothers and SonsLaTanya Richardson Jackson, A Raisin in the SunCherry Jones, The Glass MenagerieAudra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and GrillEstelle Parsons, The Velocity of Autumn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalNeil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry InchRamin Karimloo, Les MisérablesAndy Karl, RockyJefferson Mays, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and MurderBryce Pinkham, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a MusicalMary Bridget Davies, A Night with Janis JoplinSutton Foster, VioletIdina Menzel, If/ThenJessie Mueller, Beautiful: The Carole King MusicalKelli O’Hara, The Bridges of Madison County

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a PlayReed Birney, Casa ValentinaPaul Chahidi, Twelfth NightStephen Fry, Twelfth NightMark Rylance, Twelfth NightBrian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a PlaySarah Greene, The Cripple of InishmaanCelia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass MenagerieSophie Okonedo, A Raisin in the SunAnika Noni Rose, A Raisin in the SunMare Winningham, Casa Valentina

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a MusicalDanny Burstein, CabaretNick Cordero, Bullets Over BroadwayJoshua Henry, VioletJames Monroe Iglehart, AladdinJarrod Spector, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a MusicalLinda Emond, CabaretLena Hall, Hedwig and the Angry InchAnika Larsen, Beautiful: The Carole King MusicalAdriane Lenox, After MidnightLauren Worsham, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Best Scenic Design of a PlayBeowulf Boritt, Act OneBob Crowley, The Glass MenagerieEs Devlin, MachinalChristopher Oram, The Cripple of Inishmaan

Best Scenic Design of a MusicalChristopher Barreca, RockyJulian Crouch, Hedwig and the Angry InchAlexander Dodge, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and MurderSanto Loquasto, Bullets Over Broadway

Best OrchestrationsDoug Besterman, Bullets Over BroadwayJason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison CountySteve Sidwell, Beautiful: The Carole King MusicalJonathan Tunick, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Congratulations to all of those nominated for a 2014 Tony Award! This year alone on Broadway, there were 44 new productions that graced the Great White White. 16 musicals, 25 plays and 3 special events have helped to make it another success year for Broadway in New York City. Leading the Tony Award nominations, once again, is A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder which received 10 nominations. Hedwig And The Angry Inch, led by Broadway vet Neil Patrick Harris, scored second place with 8 nominations. Third place was split among several productions as Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Twelfth Night and The Glass Menagerie all scored 7 nominations.

Luner on Theatre is officially kicking off its 2014 Tony Time series covering The 2014 Tony Awards beginning TODAY! Follow us as we count down to Broadway’s biggest and most celebrated night, June 8th LIVE at Radio City Music Hall. As we do every year, we will be bringing you coverage like no other site with interesting stories, topics, photos and more all relating to the 2014 Tony Awards. Stay tuned and follow us as Tony Time is here once again! For more information, visit The Tony Awards Official Website. Be sure to check Luner on Theatre on Facebook and Follow Us on Twitter as well! We are constantly updating these pages with information! And of course, check out the rest of Luner on Theatre for all your theatre news you don’t only need but want to know and so much more!

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